RAdmin allows you to enter dates in a variety of formats, and includes many fast shorthand ways of entering dates in the past and the future. All times and dates are entered and displayed in your time zone’s local time.

All dates stored and displayed in RAdmin include both the date and the time. Wherever you can enter a date, you can also enter the time. If you do not specify a time, it always defaults to midnight at the beginning of the day you specify. If you enter a time it must be in the format hh:mm(:ss). The seconds are optional. Times are in 24 hour time format. Some examples are:

Dates are stored and displayed in RAdmin including the full 4 digit year. When entering dates, you can enter shorthand years, such as “99” or “00”, and RAdmin will make an educated guess about which year you mean.

During installation, your RAdmin administrator will have chosen the appropriate date format for your locality. This controls how dates are printed in RAdmin, and also how you must enter exact dates.

Many of the shorthand date formats allow you to use contractions. For example, instead of “1 week”, meaning 1 week in the future, you can enter “1w”. Instead of “today” you can enter “tod”.